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April 2011

The Post Office is desperately trying to encourage more banks to provide current account services at its branches.
7 April 2011
The Bank of England today announced it is holding the base rate at its 0.5% historic low for the 25th consecutive month.
7 April 2011
Northern Rock has pulled its attractive five-year savings deal that can be manipulated to make it the top one-year fix.
7 April 2011
The national minimum wage for those 21 and over will increase by 15p to £6.08 an hour in October.
7 April 2011
The 2011/12 tax year starts today, meaning everyone gets a new tax-free cash Isa allowance. But don't delay using it as it every day you stall you're losing interest.
6 April 2011
British Airways is set to raise long haul air fares for the third time in under four months, but passengers can beat the increase by booking today or tomorrow.
6 April 2011
Today marks the start of the new financial year, and with it, an overhaul of the tax system which means workers' take-home from this month on will change.
6 April 2011
House prices edged 0.1% higher during March, but still fell by 0.6% over the past three months, figures from Halifax show today.
6 April 2011
Oil prices have hit an all-time high in sterling terms which could lead to further petrol price rises.
5 April 2011
Women, carers and the self employed could be among the winners from the huge pension shake-up that could see a £155-a-week flat-rate state pension from 2015 or 2016.
5 April 2011

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